Bound for Glory (1976 film)

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Bound for Glory (1976 film) is a biographical drama about folk singer Woody Guthrie’s early life and activism during the Great Depression, noted for its acclaimed cinematography and portrayal of American social struggles.

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instanceOf film
award Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score
basedOn Bound for Glory (autobiography)
basedOnAuthor Woody Guthrie
cinematographer Haskell Wexler
cinematographyNotedFor evocative Dust Bowl imagery
innovative use of the Steadicam
colorProcess color
composer Leonard Rosenman
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception acclaimed for cinematography
praised for realistic depiction of American social conditions
director Hal Ashby
distributor United Artists
eraDepicted 1930s United States
filmingProcess 35 mm film
genre biographical film
drama film
language English
mainTheme American social struggles
labor activism
migrant workers
musicFeatures songs of Woody Guthrie
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
partOf New Hollywood cinema era
linked to: New Hollywood
portrays Dust Bowl migration
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants

early life of Woody Guthrie
union organizing among farm workers
producer Harold Leventhal
Robert F. Blumofe
releaseDate December 1976
releaseYear 1976
runtime approximately 147 minutes
screenwriter Robert Getchell
setInPeriod Great Depression
setting California
Oklahoma
starring David Carradine
Gail Strickland
Melinda Dillon
Randy Quaid
Ronny Cox
subject Woody Guthrie

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Bound for Glory hasAdaptation Bound for Glory (1976 film)
William Hal Ashby notableWork Bound for Glory (1976 film)
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